Coroner is the penultimate release by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. It is technically a compilation album, although it features new material as well as selected songs from the band's previous albums. It was originally regarded as their final album, even though it was succeeded by a final compilation of unreleased material in 1996, titled The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95. The band chose to go into the studio for the last time, instead of releasing a greatest hits compilation, even though they had disbanded officially in 1994 (on some of the tracks, Marky Edelmann and Ron Broder are replaced by session musicians).
Track listing
Personnel
Coroner Ron Broder – vocals/bass Tommy Vetterli – guitars Marky Edelmann – drums, vocals, producer, art direction
Additional musicians
Peter Haas – drums on tracks 2, 3 & 11 Chris Vetterli – bass on track 12 Lui Cubello – vocals (background) Paul Degayler – vocals Angela Giger – synthesizer Janelle Sadler – vocals (background) Steve Gruden – vocals (background) Kent Smith – keyboards Val – Conga
Other credits
Guy Bidmead – producer, engineer Scott Burns – mixing Coroner – producer Vovo Faux-Pas – engineer Paolo Fedrigoli – producer, engineer, remixing, mixing Jan Garber – engineer Mischa Good – design Pete Hinton – producer Harris Johns – producer Dan Johnson – mixing Glenn Miller – mastering Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing Mark Prator – assistant engineer Steve Rispin – engineer Fabian Scheffold – art direction, photography Sven Sonquest – engineer István Vizner – art direction Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer Gerhard Wolfle – engineer
Notes The samples from "Shifter" are from the 1982 documentary The Killing of America. The samples from "Gliding above while Being Below" are from the 1980 film Altered States. Track 14, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a Beatles cover. Track 16, "Purple Haze" is a live cover of the famous Jimi Hendrix song. Track 8, "Der Mussolini" is a D.A.F. cover. Tracks 4, 6, 10 and 13 are edited version of their original releases
References
External links BNR Metal Pages' section on Coroner Fan page with detailed album information and lyrics Coroner @ Last.fm